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Asik nulis blog lagi alias lumayan rekam jejak prosesi renov kecil-kecilan yang ternyata oh man, ribet banget!

Semoga bermanfaat yeuh buat yang lagi mau ketok mejik rumah. Post ini ditulis Juli 2017, harga, keterangan barang, stock di pasaran, dll mungkin sudah berubah di kemudian hari. Yuks yuks nulis dari awal proses pertama, yaitu... memutuskan kegalauan akan apa saja yang akan direnov dan nego harga.

1. Memutuskan kegalauan akan apa saja yang akan direnov dan nego harga

Ehem, yang paling pasti membuat gue galau ya pasti harga yaa secara pasti pul-juts neh keluarnya :( :( jadi mari rencanakan dengan matang! Jadi yang akan gue rubah dari rumah gw si shabby chic ala-ala ini adalah:

Rumah gue dulu wartel, jadi gini deh depannya. Sekarang kaca dan kayunya udh super duper kusem abis ga enak diliat. Jadi mari bagian ini dihancurkan saja. Rencananya mau diubah jadi pintu kembar kanan kiri biar mewah! Apanya yg mewah, di gang-gang aja udh pada pake pintu kembar huahahah.. ketinggalan jaman bgt pokoknya!

Biar aman taro motor pagernya ditinggiin, dicat ulang dan dipasangin aksen kayu.. catnya pink, udh mulai geje bgt haha.. Ganti ah warna coklat atau item gitu pake batu alam.

Di dalam ruang tamu sendiri ada beberapa bagian yang masih pake tripleks, contohnya bagian ini; ganti pake papan gipsum

Kalo bagian ini diganti pake pintu kaca alumunium geser dan sekelilingnya ditempel bata tempel khusus buat expose dengan harapan bisa mirip kaya di pinteres-pinteres.

Setelah coba konsultasi dengan 2 tukang borongan (nantinya tukang ini bakal bawa 2-3 anak buah buat get the work done), harga yang ditawarkan adalaah:

1. Terima jadi oleh tukang A: 30jt. Makjaan pasang tampang sok cool dulu trus coba nego 20jt --> kagak dikasih

2. Tukang B, jasa aja, material semua beli sendiri: 12jt. Waktu itu agak bingung sih ngitung materialnya brp duit yak jatoh2nya jd bilang mau pikir2 dulu tp yg jelas harga ga bisa ditawar lagi, titik ga pake koma

Abis ngitung2 secara kasar, kasar banget cuma modal tokopedia sama bukalapak, disimpulkan semua harga material jumlahnyaa: 10-13jt perak. Abis itu mulai merasa tukang B adalah pilihan yang terbaique.. Ehh tapi suatu pagi tukang A datang! Dia bilang abis lebaran belom ada job jadi yaa bolelah 20jt all-in. Seipp good news malemnya langsung diskusi lagi sama tukang A dan nyokap setuju kita ganti granit lantai dan lis plafon gipsum (lisnya aja lhoo) dengan biaya tambahan 2jt, dapet bonus mindahin pintu rumah gue jadi pintu kamar kostan sebelah.

Lalu kami DP malem itu dan besoknya tukang A dateng buat ukur sana sini. Semua lancar aja sih sampe hari ke-2 (baru jg 1 hari men) tukangnya bilang nanti kalo material dateng bawa hebl dan lis gipsum lngsng dibayar aja ya. Gue yang, lhoo pak kan 22jt udah all in dealnya. Tukangnya jawab ga jelas dan gue kasitau aja, kalo yang pake biaya tambahan nanti aja ya pak, lagi kagak ada duit.

Saran sotoy: mending sebelum dp di list kerjaannya itu sama2 ttd aja, yaa biar mencegah kepusingan di masa datang. Terus kalo cari tukang sebisa mungkin right after hari raya Idul Fitri, karena tukang2nya baru balik pulkam otomatis lagi cari duid bgt dan semangat jg masih fresh abis liburan. Insyaallah kerjaannya lebih top.

Untungnya abis diomongin ama nyokap tukangnya ngeh sih itu hebl udh termasuk jd amnesianya kemudian sembuh, Tapi masalah lis gipsum ternyata emg blm termasuk di biaya tambahan 2jt itu.. hiks hiks,, Jadi inilah yg harus gw beli sendiri: granit indoor, lis gipsum, bata tempel expose, dan pintu geser alumunium.

Wadaah klo diitung2 harganya bisa 5jt sendiri itu ya :'( adoh yaudalah demi rumah ala pinteres *woelah

Mulai dibongkar buat pasang kusen.. yiha

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Fujiko Museum / Doraemon Museum

Located on the birthplace of Fujiko-san himself, Kawasaki, this museum is dedicated entirely to enshrine all creations from Fujiko F. Fujio. Official website.

The closest station is Noborito Sta., and there's a shuttle bus from station front. Tickets are not sold at the museum, you should buy it days before at Lawson, and there is a specific entry time (make sure you aren't late!).

Dorami statue in front of Noborito sta.

Breezy walkpath, heading to the Museum.

Inside the museum. Interactive site to play, purikura, gacha slot, miniatures, manga corner,

also a movie theater on the back.

I love the synchoriz-able carry-on tour guide (english available). The tour guide feels like a Doraemon device, haha. There's also some exhibits about Fujiko's working space, an infinity bookshelf, you gotta look closely to see what's going on the museum :)

Beautiful Gian coming from the woodcutter spring.

Doramon fans must be familiar with Fujiko's ambition for Dinosaurs.

Obake no Q-Taro statue on the wall.

Parman (P-man) statue.

Overall, it's a good & nostalgic visit, but they could give more attraction or statue for photo spot. This place still a little bit empty. Another anime-based museum is Ghibli Museum, seems that Ghibli got more pimp and attraction, but you can't take pictures inside.

Cat Cafe

If the place you live allows you to pet kitten at home, you're more fortunate than people in Japan who has to pay to pet and play with a cat. Most apartment in japan are prohibit you to take care on any pets, that's where the Cat cafe idea came and soon hyped.

The popular Cat cafes are might be Calico, Nekorobi, Hapineko, etc, but I was in Kyoto (have leave Tokyo) and still hasn't visit any cat cafe! D: Lucky, I found one with cheap rate too haha it's 500 JPY +tax :'D

Cafe name is Neko Cafe Time, accidentally passed the cafe when going to Fushimi Inari, before you crossed the railway you'll find their sandwich board.

It's a cute little cafe with lots of window, enjoying drink while cuddling cats.

Sleeping cat mustn't be disturbed! Let them be.

Not so many visitor at that time.

My favorite cat, Bob!

He's holding my hand..

..and, the cat kiss! haha

:3 :3

See full list of my Japan post series

Harajuku 原宿 (a meadow to dwell)

Place for the youthful Japan pop subculture, famous for cosplay, street fashionist and schoolgirl taste knick-knacks.

Harajuku sta.

Meiji-jingu bashi aka. the cosplay bridge

The pavement patterned of Meiji-jingu bashi seems to be the official cosplay photos background, the bridge was so popular for youngsters to cosplay on Sunday morning, 90's to 00's. Nowadays the scene somehow got a little toned down you don't see them that much as back then. If you're here for the cosplay, sorry, you're 10 years too late. It's more like tourists cosplay bridge now.

If you visit this area on Sunday morning make sure also continue to Yoyogi park, to see more scenes happens there. There's rockabilly dance community and various other creative & interesting act.

Laforet is one of my must-visit list! This is where most of the gothic & lolita costume shops lined-up. Prices are high, surely. All those shops located on the basement. Basement 1 and 1.5. They got Algonquins, Gouk, Atelier-Pierrot, Angelic Pretty, h.NAOTO, Putumayo, Hellcatpunks, and the CD store Like an Edison. All the brands I could only seen on the internet when was young. Too bad Sexpot Revenge, Sexy Dynamite London and Takuya Angel shops in Harajuku are closed forever. D:

Closet child catalogue.

This mall consists of 6 stories plus 3 basement level. to see the floor guide, click here.

The promised land..

..vs the older version I have always known. (how could they replace that legendary green gate!)

Ah, Takeshita-dori, still hold the reputation as the quirky-pop-subculture-shopping-street strong as ever. Isn't the old Takeshita holds more indie label than now? Did it evolved? Did some ambitious large-scale commercial projects are superseding the old mom n pop shops? I don't know, but they're not fully erasing traces of the old order.. Afterall I only know Takeshita from net articles.

Marion crepes, official snack for Harajuku-denizen

Marion crepe start their business as a food truck, before you were born.

Yellow house. Surprisingly intense.

Seriously, I didn't expect anything when go downstairs if not because they playing a song familiar to me (see the boombox on the floor, covered with plastic). Once you reach the basement an old, saucy lady will jump outta nowhere. This energetic lady (she's on her 60s??) "charmingly" told me the story about this shop she runs for almost 30 years, the whole shop sells nothing but original clothes used by many Japanese rock bands. Well, this is already the shrine for visual-kei movement even before the terms J-rock or visual-kei were invented.

I don't have the balls to take picture inside, so I googled and found this. The Yellow House lady is on the middle. Source

The shop itself is no bigger than your dorm room, but don't let that duped you, this lady is the costume designer for visual-kei stars, X-japan, Hyde, Dir en grey, Mucc, Miyavi, Raphael, oh she's a close friend to the artists too. Wall's fully plastered with her photograph posing with various bands, also autographs, and backstage passes. I asked who's her name but she refused and tell me to use only the shop name, Yellow House.

I don't get it why such legendary shop didn't get into the limelight (rather than major punk label such as h.Naoto) then I found this awesome fanboy writing. And how he finds Harajuku is real fucked up nowadays--you could buy a pair of crocs, while the Yellow House Lady called Tusk (of Zi:Kill) to get him a ticket for the band gig that day. Prices there are kind of moderate to high, a Yukke (of Mucc) cardingan is 10,000 JPY, and that Hyde's wire necklace could reach tens of thousand JPY, but like the Lady said, "This is Japan! Not China!"

Some of that classic Takeshita shops

Ura-harajuku

Or Urahara is the area after the end of Takeshita-dori, backalley of Harajuku. From Takeshita, once you cross Meiji-dori, you're now at Urahara. This area got more indie shopping and various product than Takeshita. I didn't have time to go here, which is twice as sad. This is area guide. And here's a nice walk-in area video.

Cat alley

A hip slope connecting Shibuya and Harajuku, aside from Meiji-dori. Both Meiji-dori track and Cat alley track are filled with unique shops. Cat alley got more "local" feeling to it since it's basically a back-alley. Locals call this street by a fancy name, Kyu Shibuya-gawa Promenade.

To start exploring cat alley, go to the alley beside Kiddy Land in Omote-sando if you follow the street with shops for approx 1 km, you'll eventually end up at Shibuya station, and vice versa.

Stores lining up for pedestarian, giving some European atmosphere.

Stroll, stroll..

A store tout blowing up bubbles to attract customers.

Lots of random street running across.. Take your time to explore!

Ura-harajuku and Cat alley is famous for its hipster fashion, cafes & venues. If you love this alley, you'll love Shimokitazawa too. Shimokita (aside from Daikanyama and Koenji) is where the Tokyo hipster goes.